Call me crazy!

I did it. I went shopping on Black Friday among the other thousands of crazy people. I will NEVER do it again as long as I live. I like to try everything at least once. I guess I love learning life's lessons. HA! I did get a huge chunk of my shopping over with, but I probably could have done it later that day. I got to Wal Mart at 4:50. I couldn't find a parking place and there wasn't a buggy in sight. I did make it to Staples to get a camera I wanted (on sale). Thanks Santa! So yep... I will be posting pics again soon.
We had a great Thanksgiving at my mom's house. It's nice to spend time with the family. Walker had a blast playing yard football with all the guys. Mom is a Martha Stewart fanatic so she made the dinner as close to MS as possible (crafts, recipes, decoration). Too bad I didn't have my camera at that time. I would love to show some pictures from the day. Maybe I can get my mom and dad to send me some. Stay tuned...

No More Pics for A While...

Unfortunately I am camera-less as we speak. Walker found his way up on the island and dropped the camera bag on the floor. I didn't think much about it until I went to take his picture at my school's winter festival. The screen has some crazy thing going on. So don't expect any pictures any time soon. This is my luck seeing I was about to get started on Christmas card pictures. Oh well. It was time for a new camera. Maybe Santa will be nice to me. Hint hint Zac.
I am also Walker-less tonight. He is staying with all his cousins over at G-Daddy and MiMi's house. I'm sure he's having a blast. I took this opportunity to put up my Christmas decoration. I just finished and it is 10 till 12:00. I'm tired... but very excited to have a clean, decorated house. This is our first year to have a "fake" tree. I never thought it would happen, but after last year I knew I couldn't deal with a real tree for a while. I bought one last year as soon as they went on sale. It is so pretty and the best part is the lights are already on it. Whoever came up with that idea deserves a big kiss on the cheek! I've been looking at that huge box in our garage for a year. I'm glad to finally get to use it. We'll see how it goes tomorrow when Walker gets home. He's a year older... maybe he won't try to grab the lights and run. And the best part... no more pine needles to vacuum up daily. Whatever happens, I know he will be happy when he sees it. I can't wait to see his sweet little face. I miss him.

Traditions

I love a good tradition, especially a Christmas tradition. My dad sent us The Elf on the Shelf. If you haven't heard of this let me explain. I'll put the elf out on Thanksgiving night. He will sit and watch Walker for the day. He can not be touched or he will "lose" his powers. Walker can talk to the elf and tell him secrets, like what he wants from Santa. At night while Walker is sleeping, he rushes back to the North Pole to report to Santa to tell if Walker was naughty or nice. The next morning the elf will reappear in a new place. Walker has to run around the house and find the elf's new place for the day. This happens each morning until Christmas morning. The book that comes along with the elf tells the story. We even have to name the elf. Can't wait to see what kind of crazy name a 2 year old will think of. Probably something like "football player." As of right now, that's the only thing Walker has on the brain.

This is the elf. It has wire arms and legs so we can get really fun and creative with placing the elf through out the house. Doesn't this elf look just like the ones your grandparents had from the 50's? It brings back fun memories from my childhood. I'll keep you posted on what Walker names the elf.

Coming Up For Air...

I felt like I needed to update you on our newest development...We are now the owners of Esco Turf Management. This explains why I have not been able to add a new post in some time. I now have two full time jobs. As soon as I leave the school, I quickly make my hour round trip to get Walker so I can get home to get on the computer. I have been staying up till 11:30 or 12:00 each night in hopes to get all the invoices and checks entered in the computer. Why am I telling you all of this... ? I guess what I'm trying to say is... Maybe one day I'll get to blog about my sweet baby again. I haven't even had time to take a picture since Halloween.
This business is a prayer answered a hundred times over. I am so happy Greg wanted to sell his company to Zac. And more so, I'm happy we could make it happen. We still need prayers so that we can get through a full year and it stay as successful as it already is. Zac is a pro at turf management. That's what he did while we lived in Auburn. I'm not worried about his ability at all!
I have to admit...I am a little worried about me. What if I slip up and forget to copy something or not sign something or not enter something important in the computer. There are a ton of things I have to remember. With over 300 customers, it gets a little scary handling all those checks and paper work. I will never look at a secretary sitting behind a desk in the same way again.
Hopefully soon I can get some pictures added. Keep praying for us!